Using new observations with the ALMA telescope array in Chile, researchers have compiled the most precise map of three regions in the Milky Way's Central Molecular Zone to date, providing valuable ...

The Milky Way, one of astronomy’s most dazzling phenomena, is our home galaxy with a disk of stars spanning more than 100,000 light years.

When the stars align, about eight months out of the year, the Milky Way and its 100 billion stars can be seen in some form.

Evan Shwartz introduces the first installation of something special, "In this series about astrophotography in Alameda, we will look at pictures of galaxies, nebulae, planets, and celestial events ...

The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer, or SPHEREx to use its ...

In 2009, NASA's Hubble, Chandra X-ray, and Spitzer Space Telescopes teamed up to capture a breathtaking image of the Milky Way's center, uncovering glowing arcs of warm gas heated by powerful, massive ...

The space-based observatory will scan the cosmos in 102 colors we can't see to unlock the secret history of the universe.

As humans do from their parents' homes and birds do from their nests, stars leave their so-called stellar nurseries once they ...

Bright stars visible during May mornings include Arcturus in the west; Vega nearly overhead; with nearby Altair and Deneb completing the Summer Triangle; Antares in the southwest; and Fomalhaut rising ...

One striking piece of evidence comes from the coffin of a woman named Ankh, which includes a detailed painting of a goddess stretching across the lid. Many scholars now believe this goddess represents ...

The glorious river of stars, interwoven with dark dust, that makes up the plane of the Milky Way in the night sky may have been hiding ... These depictions, he argues, are so detailed that they ...